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More on HUD Homelessness Report: Vermont Sees Increase in Numbers

According to a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Vermont has seen an increase in homelessness from 2012 to 2013. The HUD study showed nationally a decline in the total numbers of those homeless. The HUD study uses data from a count conducted on a single night, known as the Point-in-Time. Shelters report how many …

HUD Releases Homeless Estimates for 2013

New HUD estimates on homelessness are out, and they show a decline in overall homelessness. The number of homeless veterans and people who have been homeless for at least a year has also seen a decline according to the report. USA Today has more: “We’ve seen that in one of the most difficult economic periods in …

Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week: Hunger Pains

This week is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The other day Rita Markley, Executive Director of the Committee on Temporary Shelter, and Marissa Parisi, Executive Director of Hunger Free Vermont penned an article on VTDigger highlighting some of the challenges facing Vermonters living in poverty: Just last month, the U.S. Department of Education reported that the number of homeless students in public schools …

Tomorrow: VCEH Monthly Meeting in Randolph

We hope you can make it for tomorrow’s Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness meeting in Randolph. Here are the logistics: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Vermont Tech Enterprise Center 1540 VT Route 66, Randolph, VT We encourage you to attend the meeting in person, but if you are unable to, please dial-in at 1-866-244-8528 and use the participant access …

Public Saves When Homeless Hospital Patients Housed

The Economic Roundtable recently published a report showing a reduction in public costs when chronically homeless hospital patients are placed into permanent supportive housing. The National Low Income Housing Coalition has more: A new report published by the Economic Roundtable, shows that placing high cost homeless hospital patients into permanent supportive housing can significantly reduce annual public and …

VPR’s Vermont Edition Covers Emergency and Transitional Housing Issues

Yesterday’s Vermont Edition took a look at problems of homelessness in Vermont and the difficulty of finding affordable and safe emergency housing for families in need. The program focused on the new Harbor Place temporary housing facility, spending issues with emergency housing vouchers, as well as discussing other issues concerning emergency and transitional housing. VPR’s Jane Lindholm spoke spoke …